Electroconvulsive therapy for malignant catatonia in childhood

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 190-192

  Slooter, Arjen J C ^a   Braun, Kees P J ^a,b   Balk, Ferdi J E ^a   Van Nieuwenhuizen, Onno ^a   Van Der Hoeven, Joost ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BIPERIDEN; CARBAMAZEPINE; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLONAZEPAM; HALOPERIDOL; LORAZEPAM; PHENYTOIN; VALPROIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; AGITATION; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; BIOPSY; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CATATONIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUSNESS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSARTHRIA; DYSPHASIA; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HALLUCINATION; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MYOCLONUS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL SIGN; RIGIDITY; SEIZURE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS;

EID: 13944260204     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2004.10.004     Document Type: Article

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